Crime & Safety
Deptford Veteran Indicted for Fatal Crash
Rene Berben is accused of killing Runnemede resident Steven Kennedy in a crash in March.
A Deptford military veteran accused of killing a Runnemede resident in an was indicted this week on charges related to the accident.
Army Sgt. Rene Berben, 26, faces charges of second-degree vehicular homicide and third-degree assault by automobile in the March 19 crash.
Police said Berben had an open container of beer in his Ford pickup when he smashed into a Nissan sedan driven by Steven Kennedy, 29, of Runnemede, on Route 41 near the Kmart in Deptford.
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Kennedy was killed, and his passengers, Elisha Bailey, 52, and Dwayne Pettit, 28, both of Glassboro, were injured.
Berben was also injured in the crash.
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Berben was serving in the Army at the time of the crash, and had previously been deployed to Afghanistan.
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